We met up at Old Spike on a chilly January evening, which was a nice way to kick things off after the Christmas break. After a quick warm-up, we headed up to Telegraph Hill and the Christmas tree graveyard.

We split into two teams, led by Lindy and Paulin, and set about collecting abandoned Christmas trees. Between us we managed to pick up a brilliant 12 trees in total. It ended in a draw, so the Percy Pigs prize was shared out all round.

The run back down the hill was much easier, and once we were back at Old Spike we wrapped things up with a cool-down.

Today 9 Goodgymmers went to help out at TRAID on Rye Lane to help out. They were finished with their autumn season and will do a full restock tomorrow. We took all the old clothes off their hangers and bundled everything into big boxes ready to be shipped off. There was even time at the end to do some cleaning up. Andrada and David shared the hoovering and then we were finished. Anca from TRAID send us home with chocolates. Great job everyone! We will be back in January.

9 goodgymmers helped out at regular task Old Alleynian's on wednesday. clearing leaves and cutting back the overgrowth. Sam had a whale of a time with the leaf blower. Thanks to Ian for generously offering up post task chocolates to spirits up!

This Wednesday we were back at the Salvation Army, where we had the task of cleaning toys and tidying up the arts & crafts supplies. Our Southwark group breezed through the tasks and managed to get them done in records time. After which, we headed over to Camberwell to have a few drinks at the Joiner's Arms (and we got a small cake to celebrate the recent milestones from Paulin and Andrada!)